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In summer, gray catbirds will eat mostly ants, beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and moths. They also eat holly berries, cherries, elderberries, poison ivy, bay, and blackberries. They also often peck the eggs of other species of birds, but it is unknown if they do this to supplement their diet or to reduce competition for food from other birds.
New World catbirds are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. Among the Mimidae, they represent independent basal lineages probably closer to the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than to the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers: [2] Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
However, a phylogenetic and morphological paper by Irestedt et al. [6] (2015). revealed seven new species, leading to a total of ten distinct species. [6] In the same study, the results confirm that the catbirds are divided into two major clades , a lowland group consisting of the New Guinean white-eared catbird , and a mid-mountain clade ...
Despite several days of dry, mild weather for many of the North Central states leading up to the official start of astronomical spring on Saturday, Mother Nature isn't quite ready to let go of ...
The list of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period from mid-1985 to mid-2015. Only places in the official climate database of the National Weather Service, a service of NOAA, are included in this list. Some ski resorts and unofficial weather stations report higher amounts of snowfall ...
A storm tracking across the Rockies and over the Plains was responsible for the early-season snowfall, covering Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. A snowy night at Mount Rushmore on Oct. 29, 2024.
By RYAN GORMAN One of the states that was hit the hardest by last winter's "Polar Vortex" is already under several inches of snow. Some South Dakota towns have been hit by the earliest winter ...
Spotted catbirds are a highly specialized rainforest species and in the Australian wet tropics they prefer to nest in well vegetated areas with steep creek slopes and also in forests with Calamus tangles and will nest in the same location year after year. [9] [10] They have a home range of 1-2 hectares and forage about 68 m from their nests. [9]